Egg or pancake turner



p 1931. c. MOLLESON I 1,824,783

EGG OR PANCAKE TURNER Filed Oct. 28, 1930 i 35 E INVENTOR IJHIeZIe04615012 BY ATTORNE Patented Sept. 29,- 1931 antral) STATES ISABELLE o.MOLLESON, onf jnannwrii, new i;-

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Application filed ctober 28,'"1e3,0. Serial no. '491,e 7s.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements inan egg orpancake turner.

It is general practice to have a flat scoop which is supported by ahandle to turn pancakes, eggs or the like on a griddle. The use of suchan implement requires great skill before it can be successfully used,and rapidly used without constant damage by breakage of :13 connectedwith said scoop.

the material being turned.

it is an object of this invention to-produce an egg or pancake turnerhaving a small ridge opposite a knife edge on a flat scoop so that theridge acts as a stop and prevents the falling off of the material beingturned. This greatly reduces the skill necessary to manipulate theturner and obviously increases the speed of operation.

It is a furtherobject of this invention to provide a plurality ofapertures on the scoop portion of the turner so that the frying agent,-

such as grease, lard or butter may run out.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a device of the.class mentioned which I p the scoop '10 within the shadow of the ridge12. so; that grease, lard, butter and the like: .mayrun fofl' from thematerial being turned. 'llhe handle 13 preferablyshould be one piece:..with1the scoop .10'and be provided with a hole -15 atsitsenlargedfree end .16.. v

- The turner may is of simple durable construction, dependable in useand er'ficient in action, readily cleanable, and which can bemanufactured and sold at a reasonable cost. a

This invention has for a still further object to provide a device havinga round edge opposite the handle to allow the said edge to fit againstthe inside curvature of a frying pan and thus to conveniently pick upthe fried egg or material without allowing same to flow off or hang overthe edge of the said device.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming V a material part of thisdisclosure according to a modified form.

- 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken I on the line of Fig. 3.

Fig.5 isga similar'view toFig. 4, showing 1 another modified form of thedevice.

i l The egg or pancaketurner comprises a flat scoop formedwith a knifeedge'll atone side and with avertical' ridge 12 .on'the side directlyopposite saidside .11, a-nda handle 1 The flat scoop 10,1is shown ofdisc shape.

"Considering the sideof the scoopdirectly 0pposite the handle 13 asthefront side 10','and

-. tl1en'.lookingfrom' the handle towards this esidethe knife edge 11 isarranged upon .the

lefthzm'd side Tofthe scoop It should be sub-.

fstantia-lly 90,and the ridge 12 should also be of approximately thesamesize, but diametrically opposite. The material of the scooprshould bebent upwards to form the ridgevl2, and the ridge should be soshaped.that it be highest at the center and'have its ,edgessloping downwardstowardsthe end.

...A":plurality' of apertures 14 are formed in motioncauses the materialto move upon the top of the scoop. The ridge 12 will prevent it movingtoo far, and then. it is a sim 1e matter to swiftly turn around thescoop y the handle 13 so that the material is now with its bottom sideup.

The front side 10 of the scoop 10 hasflvo neither a sharpened knife edgenor a bent ridge, and since its edge is round, it may be adaptedto fitagainst the inner surface 17 1 of any frying pan 18 so that fried egg orother fried material 20 may be lifted out of i the frying pan 18by thescoop 10. and the fried material will not slide off the front side 10 ofmy improved egg or pancake turner.

In Figs. 3 and 4, a handle 13 is shown togi I be riveted to the lugelement 19 of scoop 10.

In Fig. 5 a handle 13 of different-shape is shown, which may be suitablyattached to lug element 19 of the scoop 10, and the location of ridge 12and knife edge 11 have been reversed on disc 10.

It'is to be understood that, my device may be made of any suitablematerial and may be readily punched out of sheet metal. It is easy toclean and may be conveniently hung on any nail, hook or the like whennotin use.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that Iv do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and i .the right is reserved toall changes and modifications coming within the scope of the inventionas defined in the. appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desired tosecure by United States Letters Patent is 1. An egg or pancake turner,comprising a fiat scoop formed with a knife edge at one side and avertical ridge on the side directly opposite said side, and a pluralityof apertures. in the. vicinity of saidv ridge, and. a n I .handleconnected with said scoop. .2. An egg or pancake turner, comprisingaflat scoop formed with a knife. edge atone side and a vertical ridgeonthe side directly opposite said side, and a handle connected with saidscoop, said fiat scoop being of disc shape, said knife. edge beingarranged only upon one side of the scoop consideringa line through thehandle as one extending from the front to the rear.

3: An egg or pancake. turner, comprising a flat scoop formed with aknife edge at one side and a vertical ridge on the side directlyopposite. said side, and a. handle connected with said scoop, said fiatscoop being ofdisc shape. said knife edge being arranged u on the sideof the: scoop considering a 4 ine through the handle as one extendingfrom the front to the rear, a rounded edge integral with and betweensaid knife edge and said ridge, a plurality of apertures formedin thescoop in the vicinity of the said ridge.

: In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

ISABELLE o. MoL EsoN.

